Melissa Schatzmann is a professional Canadian realist artist. Her daily life is surrounded by artistic and creative projects from working on drawing commissions, teaching children and adult classes and as well as designing websites. Melissa has taught pencil drawing classes through Loyalist College in Ontario, Canada for the past 15 years. She has also designed Canada’s first online pencil drawing classes offered throughout the year in 3 semesters in both pencil & colored pencils. These online courses can be registered in over 8 community Ontario colleges. You can learn how to draw online.

Melissa’s pencil drawings have been published in a high school textbook through McGraw-Hill Ryerson as well as an international promotional brochure through Sakura Products of America for her earlier work in pointillism. Melissa continues to be amazed by the wonderment’s of the world around her in creating true-life drawings of people, nature and animals in her work. She achieves high realism in each of her pencil drawings in paying close attention to detail in capturing the essence of her subjects.You can view Melissa’s Pencil Drawings in her online gallery.

Upcoming Classes

Drawing Realistic Subjects in Coloured Pencils Beginners and more experienced artists will learn step by step to create realistic drawings. With still life, landscape, animals and portraiture as subject matter, you will take part in animated tutorials with detailed instruction. An informative online discussion forum will provide you with a classroom environment to learn drawing techniques, while critiques will offer support, suggestions and improvements. You can view the instructor’s artwork at www.realisticdrawing.com These are SOME of the drawings that you will be drawing in this course. There are 12 drawing in total. PLEASE NOTE: Drawing samples below are not in their proper dimensions.

Drawing Realistic Subjects In Pencil Both beginners and those with some drawing experience will learn step-by-step to create realistic drawings, including shading and blending. With still life, landscape, animals and portraiture as subject matter, you will take part in animated tutorials with detailed instruction. An informative on-line discussion forum will provide you with a classroom environment to learn drawing techniques and artistic tips, while critiques will offer support, suggestions and improvements. At the completion of the course, you will have a portfolio of realistic, detailed pencil drawings. Duration: 10 weeks These are SOME of the drawings that you will be drawing in this course. There are 12 drawing in total. PLEASE NOTE: Drawing samples below are not in their proper dimensions.